Justin Hurwitz

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1985-01-22 (40 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Justin Hurwitz

Biography

Justin Hurwitz (born January 22nd, 1985) is an American film composer and television writer. He is best known for his longtime collaboration with director Damien Chazelle, scoring each of his films: Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009), Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), First Man (2018), and Babylon (2022). For La La Land, Hurwitz won two Academy Awards, Best Original Score and Best Original Song (for "City of Stars"), as well as Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. He has won two Grammy Awards for La La Land, one for Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media and ...

Acting

2018

La La La

as Self - Music Composer

2020

Amazing Grace

as Himself

Production

2022

Babylon

as Original Music Composer

2022

Piano Cinéma

as Original Music Composer

2016

La La Land

as Orchestrator

2010

Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

as Original Music Composer

2016

La La Land

as Original Music Composer

2016

La La Land

as Songs

2018

First Man

as Original Music Composer

2014

Whiplash

as Original Music Composer

2023

Life Is the Greatest Odyssey

as Original Music Composer

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Untitled Prison Film

as Original Music Composer

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